Yorkyboy

Thanks for the great reply.. your right about owners who do the minimum of maintenance to cars to keep them running. I've never understood owners who buy old cars that were say 60k + when new and then complain about service and running costs. We always put "proper " tyres on the main car so hopefully its something we avoid. My old van gets whatever is on offer though!

Thank you -That's a relief to know that they are capable of decent mpg, although we will be choosing the auto this time.Both the mazda cx5 and honda crv (both on our buy list) get worse than that. Time to look into the tyre problem you noted above. I presume it's when you end up with one new tyre and one part worn after a puncture

Hi, 18mpg my old series landy does that! And no, my wife wont drive it to work!😕 It will be used so don't think they will be up for swapping tyres around, but you never know, it's worth an ask, thank you. 40+ is about all I can hope for, it's just going to be a shock going from 52 in the 320. She doesn't drive with economy in mind...! Thanks again

Thanks for getting back Dave 😃 Wont be used for anything exciting like skiing in the south of France.. just getting to work I'm afraid. I have a friend who has an xc60 awd and that came with standard cross climate tyres, so was hoping bm would do the same. Would like to know what mpg penalty xdrive 's get over the s line

Hello all ! After 7 years of our 320d we have decided to go down the 4wd route with an SUV ( I hate that acromin.by the way!) Anyway after trouble free motoring for 110k miles our first choice is obviously another bm. We will get an ex demo model again, so around 6 months to a year old.I'm finding it hard to find any real world info on mpg petrol or derv - no we carnt afford a hybrid - and whether they are actually any good when in the snow / ice. Also what tyres do they come with, are they all season on the 4wd or can they be fitted if not? Also anything to look out for in general Can anyone help please